International Seminar Risk and Emergency Management for Roads
11-13 november 2010, Beijing (China)
International Seminar organized in cooporation by PIARC Technical Committee C.3 "Managing Operation Risk in Road Operations" and the Research Institute of the Highway Ministry of Transport in China.
The call for papers seeks submissions which address one or more of the following seminar session themes:
- Introduction of risk and emergency management theory and techniques in the road sector ;
- Best practices in risk management associated with natural and man-made disasters and climate change in the road sector ;
- Best practices in contingency planning and emergency response to natural and man-made disasters and climate change in the road sector ;
- Social acceptance of risks and their perceptions in road-related activities.
Participants of this international seminar shared approaches that have been used to evaluate the risks associated with natural disasters, climate change, man-made disasters and security threats.
The discussions dealt:
- Strategies that are applied to reduce or mitigate the risks associated with these events ;
- Identify best practice ;
- Ananlyse relevant techniques ;
- Study the factors affecting social reaction to risks in road-related activities ;
- Methods that are used to measure people's acceptance of risks.
It is also an objective of the seminar ot assist road authorities to efficiently and effectively undertake risk management.
Preparatory Documents for the PIARC International Seminar "Risk and Emergency Management for Roads"
Proceedings of International Seminar
International Seminar Programme - 11-13 november 2010 | ||
First day of the Seminar (Thursday 11 november) | ||
Time |
Content & Person in Charge | |
09.00-09.35 |
Opening Ceremony:
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09.35-09.45 |
Photos | |
09.45-10.15 |
Keynote Speech: General Introduction of Emergency Management in China (Chinese / English) | |
10.15-10.45 |
Keynote Speech: Introduction to Transportation Emergency Management in the United States | |
10.45-11.15 |
Keynote Speech: Risk and Emergency Management for Highway in China (Chinese / English) | |
11.15-11.30 |
Coffee Break | |
11.30-15.00 |
Session I Chaired by Johan HANSEN | |
11.35-12.00 |
PTT 1-1 Concept for Risk Management in a Road Management Organization | |
12.00-12.25 |
PTT 1-2 Risk Identification and Control Method & Technology for Bridge and Tunnel Construction | |
12.25-12.35 |
Q&A Session | |
12.35-14.00 |
Lunch | |
14.00-14.25 |
PTT 1-3 Development of a National Risk Assessment Model for Road Safety | |
14.25-14.50 |
PTT 1-4 Advance of Road Safety Audit and Its Application in China | |
14.50-15.00 |
Q&A Session | |
15.00-15.20 |
Coffee Break | |
15.20-17.05 |
Session II Chaired by Connie Pooi-Cheng YEW | |
15.25-15.50 |
PTT 2-1 Managing Risks Associated with Climate Change - MexicoCase | |
15.50-16.15 |
PTT 2-2 Road Weather Information Systems and Service in China | |
16.15-16.40 |
PTT 2-3 Bridge Collapse in Brasby (Finland) | |
16.40-16.55 |
Q&A Session | |
16.55-17.05 |
Feedback | |
18.00 |
Welcome Dinner Chaired by Dongchang DAI | |
Second day of the Seminar (Friday 12 november) | ||
Time |
Content & Person in Charge | |
09.00-10.05 |
Session II (continued) Co-chaired by Connie Pooi-Cheng YEW & Hailong GAO | |
09.00-9.15 |
PTT 2-4 Technologies to Ensure Road Safety under Adverse Weather Conditions | |
09.15-9.40 |
PTT 2-5 Risk Management for Roads in a Changing Climate: A Common European Approach | |
09.55-10.05 |
Q&A Session | |
10.05-10.20 |
Coffee Break | |
10.20-15.30 |
Session III Chaired by Chunfeng LI | |
10.25-10.50 |
PTT 3-1 Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Emergency Transportation Operations and Planning | |
10.50-11.15 |
PTT 3-2 Disaster Management in MLIT, Japan | |
11.15-11.40 |
PTT 3-3 Disaster Prevention Management and Prompt Restoration of the Tomei Expressway after the Earthquake (By NEXCO-Central) | |
11.40-12.05 |
PTT 3-4 Risk Management Application inXiang'an Tunnel Construction | |
12.05-12.25 |
Q&A Session | |
12.25-14.00 |
Lunch | |
14.00-14.25 |
PTT 3-5 Risk Management Application in Hangzhou Bay Bridge Operation | |
14.25-14.50 |
PTT 3-6 Management of structures in Metropolitan Expressway (Japon) | |
14.50-15.15 |
PTT 3-7 Risk Management Practice in Flanders (Belgium) | |
15.15-15.30 |
Q&A Session | |
15.30-15.45 |
Coffee Break | |
15.45-17.50 |
Session IV Chaired by Roberto ARDITI | |
15.50-16.15 |
PTT 4-1 Social Perception of Risks in the Frame of Road Operation | |
16.15-16.40 |
PTT 4-2 Social Acceptance of Risks in Road Related Activities in China | |
16.40-17.05 |
PTT 4-3 Brief Introduction of Japan's Vulnerability to Natural Disaster from the Risk Perception Perspectives | |
17.05-17.30 |
PTT 4-4 Public Opinion Survey on Their Acceptable Level of Risks in Terms of Earthquake Resistant Design of Bridges in Japan | |
17.30-17.50 |
Q&A Session | |
17.50-18.00 |
Closing Remarks | |
18.00-18.10 |
Closing Remarks | |
19.00 |
Buffet | |
Third day of the Seminar (Saturday 13 november) | ||
08.30 |
Technical Visit
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